Omaha Gives! Celebrates 6 Years With $42M Raised Since 2013

A total 50,463 donations were given to 970 nonprofits during the 6th annual Omaha Gives! (www.omahagives.org) on May 23. This year’s 24-hour online giving day, presented by American National Bank, raised $7.4 million from 18,548 donors.

Since its beginning in 2013, the giving day has now raised more than $42 million from a cumulative 251,403 donations for nonprofit organizations throughout Douglas, Sarpy, and Pottawattamie Counties.

This year $100,000 in prizes were given out to participating nonprofits, with 100 prizes of $1,000 each amplifying the money organizations raised from individual donors. Complete leaderboard results with the number of donors, donation totals, and prizes awarded for each organization can be found at www.omahagives.org.

In addition to winning prizes, 73 nonprofits boosted their giving totals by utilizing dollar-for-dollar matching challenge funds secured from individual donors. Together, these organizations raised $588,923 in matching funds.

Adding to the fun, nearly 400 community members set-up personal Cheer Pages to engage their own social networks on behalf of favorite nonprofits. New this year, 7 prizes were awarded to individuals whose Cheer Pages raised the most money or boasted the most unique donors.

Omaha Gives! continues to inspire the community to engage in local philanthropy, introduce donors to new organizations, and further the connections between residents and the region’s growing nonprofit community. Leading the way for Omaha Gives!, the Omaha Community Foundation is proud to help good grow in Omaha by helping more than 1,500 donors facilitate their charitable giving. Since its inception in 1982, donors have granted almost $1.6 billion to area nonprofits, supporting more than 3,000 local charities.